Buzz, I was coming here to give you kudos for a great thread idea!!
Then I realized it must have been your wifes idea.
I actually do have something I wish I would have told her....it's not a question, it's kind of serious, but to be honest I was afraid I'd start bawling while telling her. Buzz, your wife commented on me tearing up when I was talking to her, this is what it was about:
When she was on the show, I was very sick and depressed, and had pretty much resigned myself to a belief that my cancer was unstoppable, and I would soon die. I hope this doesn't sound trite, but Haleys way of living in the moment, no regret of the past, and no fear that things "won't work out" rubbed off on me. I fully desired to learn to be that way again, to pull myself up and focus on the good, satisfied in the small positives life hands us. Watching her overcome all of the obstacles she had on the show, the "que sera" attitude, coming out fighting every time she got knocked down, really inspired me to take my health into my hands. I have a long list of things that she inspired me to do in that way, quit smoking, I lost weight (50 lbs so far), quit eating unhealthy food, really it's a very long list when I write it all out- more than 11 life changing actions I took.
It's hard to believe that someone so young can see life so clearly, it's easy for the young to "take life by the $#**&", but to be so true to herself, her family, her beliefs, her place in this world, to want to change things and to actively go for...it's the biggest lesson anyone can learn.
Things you wished you had asked Haley & The Reinharts
